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which is reasonably progressing.
Answering a question about the delay in visa issuance and treatment by immigration officials at US airports, she said 52 percent of visa applications are processed within 15 days, while only four percent of applications take more than two months.
But, these efforts will take time to take root. “In fact,hollister, the first university,burberry soldes, King Saud University, in the Gulf or in the whole Arabian Peninsula for that matter,abercrombie, was established only in 1957,” said Abouammoh, a professor at the Riyadh-based university,abercrombie france.
He, however, lamented that US policy on the Arab-Israeli conflict casts its shadow on GCC-US relations and has been embarrassing for the Arab allies of the United States.
Attendees, at the same time, were divided in their expectations about policies to be adopted by US President-elect Barack Obama.
Majid Al-Moneef, chairman of the GCC energy team, gave an overview of US-Gulf relations in the fields of energy and environment, while Abdulaziz Sager, chief of the Dubai-based Gulf Research Center (GRC), delivered the forum’s concluding remarks.
“The nature of US involvement in GCC countries in reality is much more diverse and complex than a focus on their energy resources alone would suggest,” said a commentator from the audience before forum members left the hall for a farewell dinner.
The panel of speakers at the end expected a better understanding of GCC problems and compulsions with regard to the bloc’s security, education and environment,hollister outlet.
A range of issues affecting relations between the US and the GCC were examined at the forum’s three sessions yesterday. Panel members looked in depth at different aspects of political, security, defense, economic and energy issues that play a role in the relationship.
He added that intercultural dialogue, better understanding and joint projects are indispensable tools in improving relations.
The forum was also addressed by Fatima Al-Shamsi, secretary-general of the UAE University, Asaad Al-Shamlan, director of the Center of European Studies at the Riyadh-based Institute of Diplomatic Studies (IDS), and Rebecca Winchester, public affairs counselor at the US Embassy.
Referring to US-GCC relations in the field of education,abercrombie and fitch, Abdulrahman M. Abouammoh, chief of the Center for Higher Education, Research and Studies at the Ministry of Higher Education, called for a revival in US-GCC educational activities on the model of a proposed agreement between the EU and the GCC, which is reasonably progressing.
Sager called on the new US administration to reconsider American policies toward the conflict, which fuels tensions in the Middle East in general.
Winchester said the US and GCC have forged closer educational ties,hollister france. “At the moment, more than 30,000 Gulf students, including 18,000 Saudis, are on the rolls of US universities, which represent an increase compared to the previous years or the peak year,” she said, adding that the number of Saudi and Gulf students has been progressively growing in the US contrary to the popular perception that students from the Gulf are discouraged to pursue education in the US.
Among session attendees were Saad Al-Ammar, IDS director, Abdulmohsen Al-Akkas,hollister milano, former minister of social affairs, Lama Al-Soleman, JCCI board member,hollister, Haytham H. Linawi, vice dean of Research and Consulting Institute at the Jeddah-based King Abdulaziz University, and professor Abdulkarim Al-Dekhayel of King Saud University.
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“At the moment,abercrombie, KSU with its six satellite campuses has more than 120,000 students on its rolls,” he said.
RIYADH: Decision makers, scholars, policy planners and academics from the US and the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) reaffirmed their commitment to peace and security in the Gulf region and pledged to boost ies during a high-profile US-GCC forum that concluded here yesterday.
In his concluding remarks, Sagar said each side should understand the interests, priorities and concerns of the other. He said people were expecting the new US administration to quickly forge a productive working relationship with the Gulf region.
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